I was in my truck at a stop sign, waiting to cross a somewhat busy street. Everything looked clear. I started to pull out but when I looked back to my right there was a car not twenty feet away. I immediately stopped about a quarter of the way into the street and the carContinue reading “Blind Spots and Open Eyes”
Category Archives: Coming to God
Baptism and Coming to God (2)
4. Baptism is part of the response of faith in coming to God. Galatians 3:26-27 says this: You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. Note the interchange of faith and baptism and how Paul calls on baptism toContinue reading “Baptism and Coming to God (2)”
Back to School
There are a couple of significant things have taken place recently: the Olympic Games concluded and school started. The Games have been great—from the spectacular pageantry of the opening ceremony to Michael Phelps’ extraordinary achievements. Whether you’re drawn to women’s gymnastics, basketball, track and field, tennis, softball, or any of the other events, there is something forContinue reading “Back to School”
Amazed and Alive
“Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or think according to the power that is at work among us . . .” (Ephesians 3:20). What are we supposed to do with passages like this one? Texts like this are found throughout Ephesians. There’s 5:1 where we’re told toContinue reading “Amazed and Alive”
And that’s the way it is!
Walter Cronkite was news anchor for CBS from the early 1960’s to the early 80’s. He walked a generation through their share of difficult times: the assassinations of President Kennedy, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Senator Robert Kennedy. There were watershed events like the Civil Rights Movement, the moon landing, the Vietnam War, WatergateContinue reading “And that’s the way it is!”
